Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 10 Armored Cavalry
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, dozens of miles outside Leping City, the two sides faced each other.

Dou Tai led a thousand cavalry to the left flank, and Lou Zhao led a thousand infantry to guard the right flank.

She Digan led the headquarters and Modolou Daiwen, Pan Le, Xue Guyan and other departments with a total of 3000 people as the former army.

Gao Huan himself organized the remaining less than 5000 people to form the infantry phalanx of the Chinese army.

Gao Cheng, riding a little black horse, followed Gao Huan.

On the battlefield for the first time, Gao Cheng secretly swallowed his saliva and clenched his fists unconsciously, facing the killing atmosphere of the confrontation between the two armies.

As if feeling Aiko's nervousness, Gao Huan laughed and said:

"Take peace of mind and defeat the enemy for the father."

Gao Cheng nodded, he was very envious of Gao Huan's calmness on the battlefield.

The melodious sound of the horn sounded from the Erzhuzhao formation on the right, which was the attack signal agreed upon by the coalition forces.

"She Digan was ordered to lead the front army out of battle, and Dou Tai led the cavalry to turn around from the left flank, look for weak spots in the enemy's formation, and wait for the opportunity to charge and kill."

The horn sounded again, but this time it came from Gao Huan's army.

The sound of roaring horseshoes entered Gao Cheng's ears from both sides, and the sound on the right was the loudest.

Gao Cheng followed his reputation, and Er Zhuzhao led [-] armored cavalry out into battle, all holding Guduo as the vanguard.

This was Er Zhurong's defeat of Ge Rong in the Battle of Xuefukou, intending to directly disperse the former army phalanx of Hedouling Bufan, the Hexi bandit commander.

After Er Zhuzhao's vanguard, there was an infantry phalanx covering and following up by light cavalry on both wings.

The cavalry on both wings of Hedouling Bufan could not intercept the armored cavalry under Er Zhuzhao's command.

Seeing that Er Zhuzhao vanguard broke through the cavalry blockade, Gao Huan immediately ordered the whole army to go out, and he personally led the Chinese army to follow She Diqian's front army and marched forward with drums.

Accompanied by Duan Shao and a small number of personal guards, Gao Cheng stayed in place to observe the battle.

Gao Huan and Er Zhuzhao's infantry phalanx were not moving fast, and they had to stop at regular intervals to adjust their formation.

But Gao Cheng's attention was all on the striker led by Er Zhuzhao.

He finally understood Gao Huan's desire for war horses.

This armored cavalry, wielding Guduo, a sharp weapon with excellent bludgeoning effect, charged directly at the front formation of the Hedouling Bufan army.

Under the sun's rays, the armor armed to the teeth reflected a dazzling light. The enemy's arrows fell on the armor and clanged, but they could not cause effective damage.

This kind of violent aesthetics unique to armored cavalry impacted Gao Cheng's heart and dazzled him.

It also made him understand how powerful the army left by Er Zhurong was.

The previous battle was unfavorable, but Er Zhuzhao's army rushed back to Jinyang after rushing to Luoyang, and the troops were exhausted.

However, Hedouling Bufan was dazzled by successive victories. After learning that Erzhu Zhaogaohuan had jointly dispatched troops, he did not withdraw as soon as possible. Instead, he stayed in Leping and fought against the coalition forces.

The Hexi bandit army did not have the southern chariots to resist the charge of the armed cavalry. In an instant, the front army was torn open a huge gap, and Er Zhuzhao's forward cavalry poured in along the gap, digging into it step by step. , Go straight to the big formation of the Bufan Chinese Army in Hedouling.

The Bufan Central Army in Hedouling was in chaos for a while.

At the same time, because Er Zhuzhao's armored cavalry was too eye-catching on the battlefield, it attracted too many enemy cavalry to intercept the thousand cavalry led by Dou Tai. Behind the Lingbufan army.

Seizing the panic of the Hedouling Bufan Central Army, he led his troops to attack Er Zhuzhao's armored cavalry from the rear, and rushed into the Hedouling Bufan Central Army's phalanx in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the defeat was irretrievable, Hedouling Bufan gathered light cavalry and hurried north to leave the battlefield.

Er Zhuzhao changed his armor and horses, and personally led two wings of light cavalry to chase and kill them.

Undoubtedly, this battle will be his battle of foothold together with the attack on Luoyang, and he will use the head of Hedouling Bufan as an embellishment.

Gao Huan ordered Dou Tai to snatch the horses of the bandit army, and at the same time, together with the infantry left by Er Zhuzhao, they killed the Hexi infantry.

The main general fled, and the Hexi infantry no longer had the will to fight, and either surrendered or fled.

The final suspense of this battle is whether Er Zhu Zhao can chase Dou Dou Ling Fan.

Duan Shao, who accompanied Gao Cheng to observe, expressed regret:

"I wish I could follow my uncle to kill the enemy."

While speaking, he secretly glanced at Gao Cheng again.

But was caught by Gao Cheng:

"Cousin sees what I'm doing, maybe he thinks that I'm preventing you from making meritorious deeds."

Duan Shaoxin said, so you know it too.

Mouth justified:

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

"But the look in your eyes just now clearly meant that."

"It's Ah Hui, you read it wrong."

"Forget it, I'll forgive you this time, let's go, the fighting has subsided, let's meet Grandpa."

Gao Cheng knocked lightly on the horse's belly, and Duan Shao hurriedly led his guards and cavalry to follow.

These days, because Duan Shao guards around and often takes time out to teach Gao Cheng how to ride and shoot, the two are cousins, and their relationship has become closer, and it is quite common for them to quarrel like today.

The strong smell of blood on the battlefield filled Gao Cheng's sense of smell. The soldiers who went through to clean the battlefield all the way, the coalition forces who had been fighting against the enemy had changed their faces and robbed supplies one after another. If it weren't for the restraint of the generals on both sides, some people would have been unable to hold back and would have attacked the friendly army. .

Gao Cheng secretly rejoiced that this battle did not take place at the city of Leping, otherwise the coalition forces would carry out the fine tradition of the Northern Wei army: looting on the spot.

The people of Leping City will suffer.

This also made Gao Cheng determined to strictly enforce military discipline.

After all, Cui Yanbo has only been dead for seven years.

Seven years ago, Cui Yanbo led the army to suppress the rebellion in Kansai. He lost first and then won. However, because the army robbed the supplies of the rebel camp, the formation was scattered. Under the counterattack of the rebel army, not only Cui Yanbo himself died, but more than [-] Wei soldiers died.

You know, Er Zhurong brought only [-] armored cavalry to pacify Hebei, while Cui Yanbo had a full [-] armored cavalry under his command.

When Gao Cheng saw that Dou Taizheng and Gao Huan were reporting the situation of the seizure, he didn't bother him.

Seeing Gao Huan grinning, Gao said clearly that he might have won a lot of horses in this battle.

Both Gao Huan and Er Zhuzhao learned how to use soldiers from Er Zhurong, so they both have a soft spot for cavalry.

The difference is that Er Zhuzhao only relies on his own courage, while Gao Huan prefers to play tricks.

In terms of military talent, they are far from Er Zhurong.

"Ah Hui, come here."

Hearing Gao Huan calling him, Gao Cheng immediately rode forward.

"Great victory in Leping, my son congratulates grandpa."

Gao Huan just waved his hand. He knew that today's battle was more due to Er Zhuzhao's armored cavalry.

"The general is the courage of the three armies. He Douling Bufan abandoned the army and fled, causing the three armies to lose their will to fight. Ah Hui, you must take this as a warning."

Gao Huan never misses any opportunity to teach his son.

"My child, remember Grandpa's teachings."

For some reason, Gao Cheng thought of the historical battle of Mangshan, a battle whose process and impact were outrageous.

(End of this chapter)